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Koine Greek wordlink #99382

SR GNT Acts 21:5 θέντες (thentes) ‘the city and having knelt the knees on’ Strongs=50870 Lemma=tithēmi
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=60 AD Event=Voyage_from_Miletus_to_Jerusalem TimeSeries=Voyage_from_Miletus_to_Jerusalem Refers to Word #99348 Person=Paul Refers to Word #98456 Person=Sopater Refers to Word #98461 Person=Aristarchus Refers to Word #98463 Person=Secundus Refers to Word #98465 Person=Gaius2 Refers to Word #98469 Refers to Word #98471 Refers to Word #99372

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Only use of identical word form θέντες (V-PAA·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θέντες’ (V-PAA·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘having knelt’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘tithēmi’ have 63 different glosses: ‘am laying’, ‘are putting’, ‘having appointed me’, ‘having knelt’, ‘having laid’, ‘having presented’, ‘having put’, ‘having_been laid’, ‘is laying’, ‘is laying aside’, ‘is presenting’, ‘is putting it’, ‘let_be putting’, ‘may lay’, ‘may_be put’, ‘to lay’, ‘to put’, ‘to_be put’, ‘to_be putting’, ‘to_be putting them’, ‘was appointed’, ‘was laid’, ‘was putting’, ‘will_be appointing’, ‘I am laying’, ‘I have appointed’, ‘I have set’, ‘I may put’, ‘I may set’, ‘I will_be laying down’, ‘I will_be presenting’, ‘I will_be putting’, ‘I appointed’, ‘I laid’, ‘he has_been laid’, ‘he may put’, ‘he will_be appointing’, ‘he appointed’, ‘he laid it’, ‘he put’, ‘it may_be put’, ‘they were appointed’, ‘they were put’, ‘they laid’, ‘they put’, ‘they put him’, ‘they put them’, ‘we may present’, ‘you will_be laying’, ‘you laid’, ‘you purposed’, ‘you_all have laid’, ‘you_all put’, ‘appointed’, ‘kneeling’, ‘laid’, ‘laid it’, ‘laying’, ‘presented’, ‘purpose’, ‘purposed’, ‘put’, ‘set’.

Greek words (5) other than θέντες (V-PAA·NMP) with a gloss related to ‘knelt’

MARK 10:17 γονυπετήσας (gonupetaʸsas) V-PAA·NMS Lemma=gonupeteō ‘having run_up one and having knelt to him was asking him’ SR GNT Mark 10:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 And of _him going _out on the_journey, one having _run _up and having _knelt to _him was _asking him: Good Teacher, what may _I _do in _order _that I _may _inherit eternal life? (MRK_10:17)

OET-RV: 17 One time when Yeshua was starting out on a trip, a man caught up to him and kneeling down in front of him asked, “Good teacher, what do I have to do to inherit eternal life?” (MRK 10:17)

LUKE 22:41 θείς (theis) V-PAA·NMS ‘a stone throw and having knelt the knees he was praying’ SR GNT Luke 22:41 word 12

OET-LV: 41 And he was _withdrawn from them about a_stone throw, and having _knelt the knees, he _was _praying (LUK_22:41)

OET-RV: 41 Then he went on several metres, and kneeling on the ground, he prayed, (LUK 22:41)

ACTs 7:60 θείς (theis) V-PAA·NMS ‘having knelt and on his knees’ SR GNT Acts 7:60 word 1

OET-LV: 60 And having _knelt on _his knees, he _cried _out with_a_ loud _voice: master, you _may_ not _set this the sin to _them. And having _said this, he _was _fallen _asleep. (ACT_7:60)

OET-RV: 60 Then falling to his knees, just before he died he called out loudly, “Master, don’t hold this sin against them.” (ACT 7:60)

ACTs 9:40 θείς (theis) V-PAA·NMS ‘all Petros and having knelt his knees he prayed’ SR GNT Acts 9:40 word 15

OET-LV: 40 But the Petros having _throw _out all outside, and having _knelt his knees he _prayed, and having _turned _back to the body said: Tabaʸtha, rise _up. And she opened _up the eyes of _her, and having _seen the Petros, she _sat _up. (ACT_9:40)

OET-RV: 40 But Peter had them all removed from the room, and then kneeling down he prayed before turning back to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter there she sat up. (ACT 9:40)

ACTs 20:36 θείς (theis) V-PAA·NMS ‘and these things having said having knelt the knees of him’ SR GNT Acts 20:36 word 4

OET-LV: 36 And having _said these things, having _knelt the knees of _him, he _prayed with them all. (ACT_20:36)

OET-RV: 36 When he’d finished speaking, Paul knelt down and prayed with them all. (ACT 20:36)

Key: V=verb